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Cover Crop Users, Ray & Susan Flickner Receive Leopold Conservation Award

November 21, 2023

Source: Sand County Foundation

Ray and Susan Flickner of Wichita have been selected as the recipients of the 2023 Kansas Leopold Conservation Award.

General Mills & Walmart to Advance Regenerative Ag Across 600,000 Acres by 2030

October 18, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Business Wire

General Mills, Walmart and Sam’s Club announced a collaboration today to help accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture on 600,000 acres in the U.S. by 2030.

10-Year Study: Covers Help Improve Soil

March 13, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Iowa Public Radio

Iowa Learning Farms and Practical Farmers of Iowa conducted a 10-year study on the conservation benefits of planting cereal rye as a cover crop on corn and soybean fields. Their results show the practice improves soil health. Read more in this story from Iowa Public Radio.

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Ray McCormick’s Conservation Buffer

Earlier this week we paid another visit to this year’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick in Vincennes, Ind., and one thing about Ray is that even when it’s the “off season,” he’s still thinking ahead for next season.

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